Unix

English

Alternative forms

• UNIX

Etymology

A pun on Multics; coined by Brian Kernighan.

Proper noun

Wikipedia

Unix

1. A computer operating system that shares the original source code by Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, currently owned by Novell.
2. An operating system largely compatible with Unix that qualifies for use of the UNIX trademark, currently owned by The Open Group.
3. (informal) A Unix-like operating system similar to Unix but not qualifying for use of the UNIX trademark.

   GNU is not Unix.

4. The group of Unix operating systems as a whole.

   The Linux kernel operating system is one of the most popular forms of Unix.

Hypernyms

• (computer operating system): *nix

Translations

operating system

• Arabic: يونكس (ar) (yuuniks) m
• Bulgarian: Юникс (bg) (Júniks) m
• Dutch: Unix (nl)
• French: Unix (fr)
• German: Unix (de)
• Hindi: युनिक्स (hi) (yuniks)
• Japanese: Unix, ユニックス (ja) (yunikkusu)

• Korean: 유닉스 (ko) (yunikseu)
• Macedonian: Јуникс (mk) (Júniks) m
• Persian: یونیکس (fa) (yuniks)
• Russian: Юникс (ru) (Júniks) m
• Spanish: Unix (es)
• Thai: ยูนิกซ์ (th) (yuniks)
• Urdu: یونکس (ur) (yūniks)

Related terms

• Linux
• GNU Hurd
• Minix